U.K. General Election 2024: Rishi Sunak concedes defeat, congratulates Keir Starmer after Tory wipeout

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• July 05, 2024 09:48

  People around the country are ready for change: Keir Starmer

• July 05, 2024 09:46

  Keir Starmer thanks the electorate after winning from his seat

• July 05, 2024 09:41

  We have to return politics to public service: Starmer

  After British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conceded defeat, Labour Party leader Keir Starmer said “change begins now”.

  “Our task is nothing less than renewing the ideas that hold this country together. We have to return politics to public service”, Mr. Starmer said.

  “We must show politics can be a force for good”, he said.

  – Reuters

• July 05, 2024 09:27

  Labour Party holds majority with 326 seats: ITV

  Britain’s opposition Labour Party has won 326 seats in the parliamentary election, broadcaster ITV said, meaning it now holds a majority in the 650-seat strong House of Commons. – Reuters

• July 05, 2024 09:16

  Rishi Sunak concedes Labour has won and congratulates Keir Starmer after Tory wipeout

  British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conceded defeat in the national election, saying the opposition Labour Party had won.

  “The Labour Party has won this general election and I have called Sir Keir Starmer to congratulate him on his victory,” Mr. Sunak said after winning his parliamentary seat in northern England.

  “Today, power will change hands in a peaceful and orderly manner, with goodwill on all sides. That is something that should give us all confidence in our country’s stability and future.” – Reuters

• July 05, 2024 09:10

  Farage’s Reform breaks through with first seat

  Reform U.K., the right-wing populist party led by Nigel Farage, looks set to emerge as a new force in British politics, winning its first seat in an election and squeezing the Conservative vote in the early results declared.

  Mr. Farage, a driving force behind Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, only entered the election race last month, a move that caused shockwaves in a Conservative Party that was already far adrift of centre-left Labour.

  Lee Anderson, who defected from the Conservatives to Reform in March, won Ashfield in the East Midlands with 34% of the vote, pushing the Conservatives into fourth with just 8.2%. – Reuters

• July 05, 2024 09:09

  U.K. Labour leader Keir Starmer re-elected as MP

  Labour Party leader Keir Starmer was re-elected as MP as he won his seat in Holborn and St Pancras.

  UK is ‘ready for change’,Mr. Starmer said after the win. – AFP

• July 05, 2024 09:08

  Defence Secretary Grant Shapps loses

  Grant Shapps, the U.K.’s defence secretary for nearly a year, lost his seat as a Conservative MP in general election results, the Conservatives’ highest-profile casualty so far.

  Mr. Shapps, an MP since 2005, lost to a rival Labour candidate, with the opposition party on course to secure a landslide victory and the ruling Tories predicted to suffer a historic defeat. – AFP

• July 05, 2024 09:08

  Left-wing champion Corbyn defeats Labour

  Veteran left-winger Jeremy Corbyn won his parliamentary seat, beating the candidate of the Labour Party he used to lead and promising to be a thorn in the side of Keir Starmer’s incoming government after an acrimonious falling out with his successor.

  Mr. Corbyn resigned as Labour leader in 2019 after the party suffered its worst election defeat since 1935, and Mr. Starmer threw him out of the parliamentary party less than a year later, accusing him of undermining efforts to tackle anti-Semitism. – Reuters

• July 05, 2024 09:08

  Nigel Farage wins seat in U.K. parliament

  Nigel Farage, leader of the right-wing Reform U.K. party, won a seat in the British parliament for the first time in the seaside English town of Clacton-on-Sea, as voters deserted Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party.

  Mr. Farage, whose career of anti-immigration, pro-Brexit campaigning has made him one of Britain’s most recognisable and divisive political figures, comfortably beat the Conservative candidate Giles Watling who had previously held the seat.

  His surprise entry into the election a month ago, having initially ruled out standing, boosted support for Reform UK across the country. That helped scupper Mr. Sunak’s hopes of closing the gap on the centre-left Labour Party, which is on course for a huge national victory. – Reuters

• July 05, 2024 09:03

  U.K. election results 2024: Interactive map

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  U.K. election results 2024: Interactive map

  Britain’s main opposition Labour party looks set for a landslide election win, exit polls indicated, with Keir Starmer replacing Rishi Sunak as prime minister, ending 14 years of Conservative rule.

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